"We're talking about serious offenders and it's important that the community has a comfort that Corrections Victoria knows where they are," he said.

Mr O'Donohue says the technology will be better than current monitoring devices.

"The GPS technology is like the satellite navigation in your car, it gives real time information about your location," he said.

"So someone who is subject to an order Corrections Victoria will know where they are."

Jane Dixon, of Liberty Victoria, says most offenders comply with release conditions and the bracelets should not be widely used.

"We're hoping that they're used very modestly and in a very small number of cases and that vast sums of public money are not spent unnecessarily on sticking electronic bracelets on people who are quite capable of being subject to parole conditions," she said.